| Home air cleaners are becoming a popular feature | | | | developments in the technologies that were |
| in many ordinary homes, but there was a time | | | | destined for the home air cleaner, as soldiers |
| when, it seemed, we lived quite happily without | | | | found themselves working more and more in |
| them. The increasing amount of chemical and | | | | dangerous environments that required protection |
| other pollutants in our atmosphere is making | | | | from radioactive and other potentially poisonous |
| home air cleaners, such as electronic and Hepa air | | | | substances. This resulted in the invention of Hepa |
| purifiers, ever more necessary, however, and | | | | air purifiers, which remain one of the most |
| while their protection was once only used in | | | | effective air purifiers available today. |
| specialised circumstances, allergy relief air purifiers | | | | Further disastrous developments in human history |
| are becoming more and more a part of the | | | | lead to even more advanced air cleaners - |
| ordinary household. | | | | outbreaks of Ebola in Africa, for example, |
| The technology behind modern home air cleaners | | | | reminded the world of the importance of clean air, |
| and electronic air purifiers dates back to the | | | | and it was around this time that electronic air |
| nineteenth century, when two separate groups | | | | purifiers became available. |
| developed equipment loosely based on similar | | | | It seems that dangerous situations were the spur |
| ideas for two distinctive purposes. The Dean | | | | that lead ultimately to the creation of the home |
| brothers invented a purifier to protect fire | | | | air cleaner. Unfortunately, we continue to live in |
| fighters, while a man named Siebe developed | | | | dangerous times, and while we might not be fire |
| equipment that would supply divers with a purified | | | | fighters or divers, we still require a constant |
| air supply. Later scientists further developed these | | | | supply of clean air to survive. Home air cleaners |
| technologies, bringing us ever closer to the | | | | can bring this air to us, creating healthy |
| invention of the home air cleaners that we use | | | | sanctuaries for us in this modern day world. |
| today. | | | | Home air cleaners can have a bid impact on our |
| The Second World War lead to further | | | | health. |